St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: Ourselves

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: Ourselves: Read: 1 John 4.7-12   Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: Jesus

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: Jesus: Glykophilousa Icon Mt Athos, Greece, before 9 th C. Read: John 1.1-18 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with G...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: Anna

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: Anna: The presentation of Christ Picture from the Mafa people of Cameroon/ Eastern Nigeria 20 th C Read: Luke 2.36-40 Ther...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: Simeon

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: Simeon: Simeon’s Song of Praise Aert De Gelder 1645-1727 Maritshuis, The Hague Read: Luke 2.22-35 When the time came for their puri...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: The people of Egypt

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: The people of Egypt: The Rest on the Flight into Egypt Nicolas Poussin 1594-1665 Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg Read: Matthew 2.14-15, 19-23 Then Jose...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: The parents of the children of Bet...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: The parents of the children of Bet...: The Massacre of the Innocents Nicolas Poussin 1594-1665 Musee Condé Read: Matthew 2.17-18 Then was fulfilled what had bee...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: The children of Bethlehem

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: The children of Bethlehem: Massacre of the Innocents Léon Cogniet 1794-1880 Musee des Beaux Arts, Rennes Read: Matthew 2.16 When Herod saw that he had...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: Herod's advisers

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: Herod's advisers: Slaughter of the Innocents Duccio di Buoninsegna d. 1319 Read: Matthew 2.4-6 C alling together all the chief priests and scri...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: Herod

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: Herod:   Massacre of the Innocents Matteo di Giovanni 1482 Sant’Agostino, Sienna Read: Matthew 2.13-19   Now after they had left...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: The people of Jerusalem

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: The people of Jerusalem: The Wise Men enter Jerusalem William Brassey Hole 1846-1917 Read Isaiah 60.1-6   Arise, shine; for your light has com...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: The people of Jerusalem

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: The people of Jerusalem: The Wise Men enter Jerusalem William Brassey Hole 1846-1917 Read Isaiah 60.1-6   Arise, shine; for your light has com...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: The people of Jerusalem

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: The people of Jerusalem: The Wise Men enter Jerusalem William Brassey Hole 1846-1917 Read Isaiah 60.1-6   Arise, shine; for your light has com...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: The people of Jerusalem

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: The people of Jerusalem: The Wise Men enter Jerusalem William Brassey Hole 1846-1917 Read Isaiah 60.1-6   Arise, shine; for your light has com...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: The Magi

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: The Magi: Adoration of the Magi Albrecht Dürer 1405 Ufffizi Gallery, Florence Read: Matt 2.1-12   In the time of King Herod, after Jesu...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: King David

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: King David: King David Gerard van Honthorst 1592-1656 Read: Luke 2.4 Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galil...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: The sheep

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: The sheep: Annunciation to the Shepherds De Lisle Psalter British Library 1310 Read : Matthew 19.27-30 Then Peter said in reply, ‘Look, we ha...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: The Shepherds

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: The Shepherds: Adoration of the Shepherds Andrea Mantegna 1431-1506 Mantegna’s shepherds are a ragged pair. Their trousers have holes in the k...

How is your Advent colouring coming along?

How is your Advent colouring coming along? Here is mine so far. It's not too late to join in , if you don't mind doing some catching up. It's a form of Lectio Divina - look up the Bible verse for each day, numbered around the edge of the picture, then colour in, draw, write etc. As you want to. Many of us at St Peter and Paul, Seal are enjoying this. You can download the sheet herehttp://sealpeterandpaul.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/advent-candle-light-colouring.

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: The people of Bethlehem

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: The people of Bethlehem: The Arrival in Bethlehem Luc Olivier Merson 1897 Read: Luke 2.7    And Mary gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him ...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: Quirinius, Governor of Syria

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: Quirinius, Governor of Syria:   The Census in Bethlehem Pieter Breughel 1566 Museum of Fine Arts, Brussels   Read : Luke 2. 2 This was the first re...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: Augustus Caesar

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: Augustus Caesar:   The Meroë Head 27-25 BC The  British Museum Read: Luke 2:1 In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all t...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: Mary and Joseph's neighbours

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: Mary and Joseph's neighbours:   Marriage of the Virgin Pietro Perugino    1446 - 1523 Read: Matthew 1.18 Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took pla...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: Joseph

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: Joseph: The anxiety of Joseph James Tissot  Read: Matthew 1.18-25 Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When ...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: Mary

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: Mary: Virgin of the Annunciation Antonello da Messina 1430-1479 Alte Pinakothek, Munich Read: Luke 2. 19 But Mary treasured all t...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: Gabriel

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: Gabriel: The Cestello Annunciation Sandro Botticelli 1445 -1510 Read: Luke 1.26-38 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: the relatives of John the Baptist

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: the relatives of John the Baptist: The Birth of John the Baptist Luca Signorelli 1445-1523 Read: Luke 57-80   Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, a...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: John the Baptist

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: In the Picture: John the Baptist: John the Baptist in the Desert   Phillipe de Champaigne 1602-1674 Read: Mark 1.1-11   The beginning of the good news of J...